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Hero soldier survived the hell of Dunkirk with wife in his POCKET!

RealFix by RealFix
June 29, 2015
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Hero soldier survived the hell of Dunkirk with wife in his POCKET!

Picture shows Norman and Mavis Johnson who have been happily married for 75 years. See Ross Parry copy RPYLOVE : A love-struck soldier who survived the hell of Dunkirk with a picture of his new bride in his pocket has just celebrated 75-years of marriage. Brave Norman Johnson swam through the waters to the safety of a boat with a snap of sweetheart Joyce wrapped in a #100,000 Deutsche Mark for protection. The devoted pair have now marked their diamond wedding anniversary - and Norman still has the photo complete with a salt stain from the sea and the banknote. The couple, from Sheffield, South Yorks., lived in the same area growing up and met in their early teenage years. Joyce said: “I took a fancy to him. He was going to night school so I decided to go as well and do dressmaking. Picture shows Norman and Mavis Johnson who have been happily married for 75 years. See Ross Parry copy RPYLOVE : A love-struck soldier who survived the hell of Dunkirk with a picture of his new bride in his pocket has just celebrated 75-years of marriage. Brave Norman Johnson swam through the waters to the safety of a boat with a snap of sweetheart Joyce wrapped in a #100,000 Deutsche Mark for protection. The devoted pair have now marked their diamond wedding anniversary - and Norman still has the photo complete with a salt stain from the sea and the banknote. The couple, from Sheffield, South Yorks., lived in the same area growing up and met in their early teenage years. Joyce said: ‚ÄúI took a fancy to him. He was going to night school so I decided to go as well and do dressmaking.

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Pictured -  Norman Johnson, 97 and wife Joyce, 95 on their Wedding Day.  See Ross Parry copy RPYLOVE. A love-struck soldier who survived the hell of Dunkirk with a picture of his new bride in his pocket has just celebrated 75-years of marriage. Brave Norman Johnson swam through the waters to the safety of a boat with a snap of sweetheart Joyce wrapped in a #100,000 Deutsche Mark for protection. The devoted pair have now marked their diamond wedding anniversary - and Norman still has the photo complete with a salt stain from the sea and the banknote.
Norman and Joyce on their wedding day

A love-struck soldier who survived the hell of Dunkirk with a picture of his new bride in his pocket has just celebrated 75-years of marriage.

Brave Norman Johnson swam through the waters to the safety of a boat with a snap of sweetheart Joyce wrapped in a 100,000 Deutsche Mark for protection.

The devoted pair have now marked their diamond wedding anniversary – and Norman still has the photo complete with a salt stain from the sea and the banknote.

The couple, from Sheffield, South Yorks., lived in the same area growing up and met in their early teenage years.

Joyce said: “I took a fancy to him. He was going to night school so I decided to go as well and do dressmaking.

“We used to walk home together and we got to go steady. He couldn’t escape me.”

Norman, 97, was conscripted into the army during the Second World War. He travelled to France and was safely evacuated from the beach at Dunkirk.

A hasty wedding was organised when Norman was given leave and was celebrated in a local pub.

Joyce recalled: “We got married when he was on 48-hour leave.

“We got married on Saturday dinnertime and he was gone by Sunday night. Our wedding breakfast was cheese and onion sandwiches.

“And then we lived happily ever after.”

Pictured -  Norman Johnson, now 97 in Uniform.  See Ross Parry copy RPYLOVE. A love-struck soldier who survived the hell of Dunkirk with a picture of his new bride in his pocket has just celebrated 75-years of marriage. Brave Norman Johnson swam through the waters to the safety of a boat with a snap of sweetheart Joyce wrapped in a #100,000 Deutsche Mark for protection. The devoted pair have now marked their diamond wedding anniversary - and Norman still has the photo complete with a salt stain from the sea and the banknote.
Proud Norman in his uniform

Norman said the secret to a long and happy marriage was ‘being easy going with each other’.

He said: “I can honestly say we’ve never fallen out.

“We’ve been very happy indeed.

“We’ve done very well really.”

After the war, Norman went to work for the English Steel Corporation and Joyce worked doing laundry.

They had two children Sue and Carol.

Joyce said: “I had three sisters and we moved just down the road.

“So I was alright, it wasn’t far to go for gossip and babysitting.”

“We’ve had our troubles just like everybody else but we’ve been pretty happy.”

The couple have seven grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.

They joined them to celebrate their big day with them.

Pictured -THIS IS THE PICTURE THAT NORMAN CARRIED IN HIS WALLET. Joyce Johnson, now 95 at 20yrs old 5 Feb 1940.  See Ross Parry copy RPYLOVE. A love-struck soldier who survived the hell of Dunkirk with a picture of his new bride in his pocket has just celebrated 75-years of marriage. Brave Norman Johnson swam through the waters to the safety of a boat with a snap of sweetheart Joyce wrapped in a #100,000 Deutsche Mark for protection. The devoted pair have now marked their diamond wedding anniversary - and Norman still has the photo complete with a salt stain from the sea and the banknote.
The picture of Joyce that Norman carried with him during the war
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